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Nanette Newman

Nanette Newman

13 movies on Netflix

Biography

Nanette Newman is an English actress and author who has appeared in period films and television. Born in Northampton, she trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before making her first screen appearance at age eleven in a 1945 short. Her feature debut came as a teenager in Personal Affair. She acted frequently in films directed by Bryan Forbes, including Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964), The Whisperers (1967), Deadfall (1968), The Stepford Wives (1975) and International Velvet (1978). Among her other notable roles were The Wrong Box (1966) and The Raging Moon (1971), where she played a young woman in a wheelchair. She won the Evening Standard Film Award for Best Actress for International Velvet and received a BAFTA nomination for The Raging Moon. On television she appeared in Let There Be Love, and she has written children's and cookery books.

92years old

Turns 93 on May 29in 200 days

  • Born Northampton
  • Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20

Movie Career

Films
13
Career span
40 years1960 to 2000

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  1. First role

    At 11 years old, Newman had her first screen appearance, in the 1945 short Here We Come Gathering: A Story of the Kentish Orchards.

  2. Behind the camera

    Nanette Newman has written six cookery books and thirty children's books. The Summer Cookbook earned her a Cookbook of the Year Award.

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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Stepford Wives1975 Horror, Sci-Fi, Thrilleras Carol Van Sant

    IMDb rating 6.922K votes

  2. Captain Nemo and the Underwater City1969 Adventure, Family, Sci-Fias Helena Beckett

    IMDb rating 5.72.1K votes

  3. The Wrong Arm of the Law1963as Valerie

    IMDb rating 6.72.7K votes

  4. The Wrong Box1966as Julia Finsbury

    IMDb rating 6.74.4K votes

  5. Seance on a Wet Afternoon1964as Mrs. Clayton

    IMDb rating 7.58.3K votes

  6. International Velvet1978as Velvet Brown

    IMDb rating 5.91.8K votes

  7. The Whisperers1967as The Girl Upstairs

    IMDb rating 7.11.8K votes

  8. Deadfall1968as The Girl

    IMDb rating 5.71.4K votes

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Bryan Forbes directed eight of these films. Gerald Sim appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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